Advertising chair-arm.



W. PLE FURGE, DBGD.

H. M. DUTUHER, ADMINISTRATOR.

ADVERTISING CHAIR ARM.

APPLIOATIoN FILED PEB, 27, 191s.

Patented A111121, 1914.

INVENTDR WITNESSES nun-nn sTATns PATENT onnion.

ADMINISTRATOR 0F SAID WILLIAM P. LE FURGE, DECEASED, ASSIGrN-OR TO THE ADCI-IAIR COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ADVERTISING CHAIRFAR'M.

To LZZ tti/0m t may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM P. Ln FURGE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Advertising Chair-Arm, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved arm for chairs and similar furniture for advertising purposes.

It further consists of such an arm in which one or more advertising cards is or are confined by and displayed through a plate of glass forming the upper face of the arm.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail one mechanical form embodying the invention, such detail construction being but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings-Figure 1 represents a perspective View of as much of a chair as will illustrate the application of my improved arm. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the arm. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the arm. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of the outer end of the arm and the end-block within the same on the line .fr-cc in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates the seat of a chair, having a back, 2, and an arm-upright, 3, the remainder o-f the chair being broken away, and removed. An arm, 4, is supported by the back and arm-upright, and consists of a body, 5, of any suitable or desired outline, and formed with a recess, 6, in its upper side, preferably extending the greater part of the length and width of the. arm. rlhe forward end of said recess is open, and the sides and rear end of the recess are undercut to form overhanging bevels, 7 and 8. A transverse block, 9, is fitted against the outer end of the arm and has a tongue, 10, which fits int othe open end of the recess and has a beveled edge, 11, corresponding to the bevels of the recess and beveled ends, 16, corresponding to and fitting beneath the over- Speci'cation of Letters Patent.

Application led February 27, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914. serial No. 750,942.

hanging side-bevels of the recess. Screws, 12, pass through the body of the arm and into the tongue, securing the block. A plate, 13, of glass or similar transparent material, fits in the recess and has beveled edges against which the overhanging bevels of the recess and block bear, and a card, 14, containing the advertising matter to be exposed through such plate is placed below the glass and has preferably a pad or backing, 15, beneath it.

The pad and card are first placed in the recess, whereupon the beveled glass-plate is slid in at the open end of the recess. The block is now slid into the recess with the beveled ends of its tongue beneath the bevels of the recess and with its bevel over the beveled end-edge of the glass, whereupon the screws are inserted through the body of the arm and into the tongue of the block, drawing the bevel of the tongue against the bevel of the glass. The surface of the glass is level with the surface of the arm, and a person sitting in the chair will at all times have the advertising matter beneath the glass within View. By making the beve-ls of the recess and of the glass of the same width and at the same angle, the surface of the arm will be flush and afford no lodgment for dust or dirt. A perfect fit of the glass, card and pad is obtained by the bevel of the tongue of the end-block bearing against the bevel of the glass, as such block is drawn down by the screws.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed for the mode herein explained. Change may therefore be made as regards the mechanism thus disclosed, provided the principles of construction set forth, respectively, in the following claims are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display chair-arm, comprising a solid body formed with a recess in its upper side having an open forward end and undercut to form overhanging bevels providing slideways, a display card in said recess, a glassplate having beveled edges slidably fitting in such ways beneath said overhanging bevels, an end-block tting against the end of said body and having a tongue fitting into the open end of the recess and formed with a beveled edge fitting the beveled end-edge of said glass, and means for securing such block. p

2. A display Chair-arm, Comprising a solid-body formed with a recess in its upper side having an open forward end and undereut to form overhanging bevels providing slide-Ways, a display card in said recess, a glass-plate having beveled edges slidably fitting in such Ways beneath said overhanging bevels, an end-block fitting against the end of said body and having a tongue Copies of this patent may be obtained for formed with beveled ends and itting into the open end of the recess and formed with a beveled edge fitting the beveled end-edge of said glass, and a screw passed through the body and the bottom of said recess and into the tongue of said block drawing the bevel or' such tongue against the beveled endedge of the glass.

WILLIAM P. LE FURGE. Witnesses WM. Snor-1ER,

C. D. MCVAY.

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